I have not read “Lord of the Rings” by Tolkien in a few years. But these parshot remind me of the long, long descriptions contained in that series of books. Descriptions of landscapes, descriptions of rooms, descriptions of people. Lots of descriptions.
Why would an author go into all this detail?
I think the reason is that they feel like they were there--really actually there--at these momentous events. And/or they wish they were there, and they try to will themselves there by noticing every little detail.
And most of all, they want us to be there with them.
Reading these parshot felt exactly like reading Tolkien. “Join me, and together, we will experience this really, really cool stuff.”
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